Its where you are in your life at the time.
Weve heard what pop countrys answer was to that.
It was this cartoonish version with pickup trucks, beer, blue jeans and dirt roads.
Jason Boland celebrates lifer musicians on the new album ‘The Last Kings of Babylon.‘Will Von Bolton*
They were different artists, pushing country and folk music in interesting ways.
Boland is one of them, as well as a forefather of the Red Dirt genre.
Before Ragweeds 2010 breakup, no other band opened for them more than Boland.
Its cool, but itll always be the exact same painting.
An album is the same thing.
The Last Kings of Babylonfeatures 11 tracks.
Boland wrote or co-wrote eight of them.
The remaining three are covers that hold special places in his heart.
Drive is a cover of a Jason Eady, Jamie Lin Wilson, and Kelley Mickwee song.
Aint No Justice was written by Randy Crouch, a Red Dirt founding father and mentor to Boland.
And Jimmy LaFaves Buffalo Return is the last cover on the record.
Im a weird writer, Boland says.
I really respond to the muse.
Boland points out that One Law at a Time has historical significance to his band.
He told us when we started to only ever break one law at a time.
I dont think he had to work as hard on us, Boland says of Maines.
I think weve come far enough that he could sit back and really just steer the ship.
I still feel like Im in the middle of it, creating stuff.
I dont feel post-Stragglers.
I still feel like Im going into the garage to rehearse every day.
